On St George's Day, we introduce you to the 43 Lions who have represented England while on the books of West Ham United...
The Hammers' first senior England international was George Webb, a Poplar-born centre-forward who joined West Ham United in 1905 at the age of 17, scoring on his first-team debut against Leyton four years later.
Fast and strong, Webb had played seven times for England’s national amateur team before making his full debut for his country in March 1911, scoring in a 3-0 win over Wales in the Home Championship at Millwall’s The Den ground. He kept his place for a 1-1 draw with Scotland at Everton’s Goodison Park that secured the Home Championship title.
After a 12-year break, the Club’s all-time record goalscorer Vic Watson became West Ham’s second England international in 1923. Despite netting 326 times in Claret and Blue, Watson made just five appearances for his country, scoring four goals.
He was followed the same decade by Jack Tresadern, Billy Moore, Ted Hufton, Bill Brown, Jimmy Ruffell, Stan Earle and Jim Barrett.
Len Goulden and Jackie Morton were both capped before the Second World War, but it would be 22 years before Ken Brown earned his one and only cap in a 2-1 Home Championship win over Northern Ireland at Wembley in November 1959.
Cup glory in 1966.
He would also feature for England at the 1962 and 1970 World Cups
and the 1968 UEFA European Championship finals.
In 57 of those 108 matches, Moore shared the pitch with fellow Academy of Football graduate and World Cup winner Martin Peters, and in 44 he lined up
alongside 1966 hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst.
The only other Hammer to be capped in the 1960s was prolific forward Johnny Byrne, who had previously been picked while still a Third Division player with Crystal Palace.
Four members of the 1980 FA Cup-winning team – Frank Lampard Senior, Trevor Brooking, Alan Devonshire and Alvin Martin – were capped
between 1972-86, with Brooking playing at the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain and Martin appearing at the 1986 tournament in Mexico.
Strikers Paul Goddard and Tony Cottee were both capped during the 1980s, but there was a nine-year gap between 1988 and 1997 when no West Ham
player appeared for England.
The Academy of Football’s famous production line then developed a succession of England players – Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Michael Carrick. All four were in the Three Lions’ 2006 World Cup squad.
Harry Redknapp’s successful squad also provided Ian Wright, Stuart Pearce and Trevor Sinclair.
Into the 2000s and West Ham players continued to receive callups, with Paul Konchesky, Kieron Dyer, David James, Dean Ashton, Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing all being capped while with the Club.
Matthew Upson made 14 appearances, including two at the 2010 World Cup finals, where he lined up alongside Irons teammate Robert Green.
Carlton Cole, Scott Parker, Aaron Cresswell and Manchester City loanee Joe Hart took the total to 41 before Declan Rice became West Ham’s most recent England international when he debuted against the Czech Republic in March 2019.
And, of course, Manchester United loanee Jesse Lingard became our 43rd England international when he featured in the Three Lions' three recent 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.